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ONTAP continues to operate with all fans missing in FAS8300/FAS8700/A400 platforms

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • FAS8300
  • FAS8700
  • AFF A400

Issue

  • During boot the following error is observed:

BMC self-test: Softfail.

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BMC Test:
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BMC Selftest Test Start: 2022-02-05 23:27:48

Selftest: device corrupted
FRU device not accessible

FAILED

  • The system fans for a single node show as NOT_PRESENT:

cluster1::> system node environment sensors show -state !normal 
Node Sensor                 State Value/Units Crit-Low Warn-Low Warn-Hi Crit-Hi
---- --------------------- ------ ----------- -------- -------- ------- -------
cluster1-01
     Fan1 Present           fault
                                  NOT_PRESENT
     Fan2 Present           fault
                                  NOT_PRESENT
     Fan3 Present           fault
                                  NOT_PRESENT
     Fan4 Present           fault
                                  NOT_PRESENT
     Fan1                   fault
                                  NOT_PRESENT
     Fan2                   fault
                                  NOT_PRESENT
     Fan3                   fault
                                  NOT_PRESENT
     Fan4                   fault
                                  NOT_PRESENT
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